We are in the midst of the worst economic downturn our country has faced since the Great Depression.
I think it is very, very important what Senator Bunning was talking about.
This addiction to foreign oil is a direct threat to our national security.
I just spent the last year and a half getting a farm bill passed, and we paid for the farm bill.
Government can do a lot of things. It does not manage property well.
I must say I was directly involved in the farm credit crisis, and one thing I would like is to have you go back and have your people take a ...
Inject money into the institutions, require them to rework the bad loans, and have them do the workouts.
We are in crisis. People are sober. There is a sense of community here that often does not exist in the Congress.
We have to get real estate prices and the real estate portfolios stabilized.
I believe the economic recovery package as it is now structured does not adequately address the underlying housing and financial market cris...
It is designed to jump-start the economy, create jobs, lay a foundation for long-term economic growth.